The Old Man - Pearls Before Swine

The old man sat on the corner

He had a magic ring

And when the day was on fire

He called up serpents and things

With his magic ring

The serpents flew to the mountain

Changed into butterfly trees

Took the jewels from the morning dew

Took the stars from the sky

Put them all together

And made a chain around the world

Of eyes

Around the world

Of eyes

The road it changed to incense stones

All burning in the day

When the stones caught fire

The children couldn’t stay away

They couldn’t stay away

The old man’s name was Winters

He stopped the children at their play

They felt the cold coming

And they put their toys away

They put their toys away

The old man stole all the magic in the street

Walked on down the road

Walked on by where the children had been

They never were children again

Never were children again